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Circle of Veit Stoss (Horb am Neckar 1447 - 1533 Nuremberg) — Madonna and Child on a Crescent Moon

Circle of Veit Stoss (Horb am Neckar 1447 - 1533 Nuremberg)

Madonna and Child on a Crescent Moon

This limewood sculpture from the circle of Veit Stoss depicts the Madonna and Child poised on a crescent moon, a popular iconographic motif of Northern European Renaissance art. The work retains traces of original polychromy and exemplifies the Gothic woodcarving tradition.

Medium
limewood, with traces of polychromy

🔨 Auction Lot

Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II

January 19, 2022

Estimate: $50,000$80,000

Lot 547

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Circle of Veit Stoss (Horb am Neckar 1447 - 1533 Nuremberg), Madonna and Child on a Crescent Moon

This limewood sculpture from the circle of Veit Stoss depicts the Madonna and Child poised on a crescent moon, a popular iconographic motif of Northern European Renaissance art. The work retains traces of original polychromy and exemplifies the Gothic woodcarving tradition.

Medium
limewood, with traces of polychromy
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Gold, Serene, Madonna and Child, Sculpture, Medieval, Religious, Gothic, Polychromed, German, Limewood